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Article : 2,465 wordsThe messages of condolence in connection with the death of Queen Victoria, and the tributes to her Majesty, have been worldwide, included among them being messages ...
Article : 363 wordsKing Edward met the Privy Council and the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London at St. James's Palace yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon. Before his Majesty ...
Article : 98 words"It always seems to me," said Lord Rosebery recently, " that in Germany nothing, and in Britain everything, is left to chance. Nothing but a miracle can stop ...
Article : 1,700 wordsAt the Church of the Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley, on Sunday last, the memorial service in connection with the death of her Majesty the Queen was conducted by the ...
Article : 475 wordsThe Irish Nationalist newspapers, in their comments on the death of the Queen, pay respectful and frank tributes to the great personal virtues of her Majesty. ' ...
Article : 143 wordsThis afternoon Sir J. S. Dodds, Administrator of the Government of Tasmania, declared, by proclamation. Edward Albert to be King of Great Britain, &c. Amongst ...
Article : 69 wordsA very painful accident occurred on Thursday evening to Connie Blank, the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. Carl Blank. After playing with a young brother and some of her cousins at the saw-mill, ...
Article : 1,190 wordsThe Agents-General for the various colonies have written to King Edward expressing sympathy with him in the death of his august mother. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe King's accession was proclaimed at noon to-day at Parliament House with the usual formalities, in the presence of a great gathering. The Consuls afterwards ...
Article : 49 wordsHis Majesty, on entering the Council Chamber, spoke extemporaneously, and with great earnestness and feeling. He described the irreparable loss that had ...
Article : 176 wordsA disgraceful scene took place in the Battersea (London) Borough Council yesterday owing to the objections taken to a resolution of condolence with the King. ...
Article : 45 wordsNews from Cape Colony states that the southward advance of the Invading Boer commandoes who were at Calvinia, in the western portion of the colony, has been ...
Article : 80 wordsThe memorial service for her late Majesty Queen Victoria, held yesterday, were largely attended The churches were draped in crape and purple. One day is to ...
Article : 376 wordsThe weekly meeting of the Oxley Federal Workers' Political Organisation, on Friday last, 25th instant, was largely attended, and a considerable amount of important ...
Article : 196 wordsIn connection with the death of the Queen, Mr. Alfred Austin, the Poet Laureate, has composed a poem entitled. " Victoria." ...
Article : 34 wordsEighty-one minute guns were fired in St. James's Park yesterday, and every fortress in the United Kingdom similarly announced the Queen's death. ...
Article : 31 wordsMr. Wolmarans, who was one of the Boer peace delegates to Europe and America, and who is now in Paris, is stated to have written to relatives at Heilbron, in the ...
Article : 64 wordsAll the theatres are to be closed until after the Queen's funeral, and the music halls will close on the day of the funeral. ...
Article : 37 wordsOn his returning from St. James's Palace to Marlborough House, his Majesty was greeted by the assembled crowds with eheers and cries of " Long live the King!" ...
Article : 34 wordsIt has been officially announced that during the lost moments of her Majesty the Bishop of Winchester and the rector of Whippingham read special prayers in the ...
Article : 67 wordsThe spontaneous exhibition of mourning by the general public in the matter of dress is quite phonomenal. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe new Federal Postmaster-General (the Hon. J. G. Drake) is at present busily engaged in clearing off the work of his State departments, and hopes to leave for ...
Article : 48 wordsThe War Office authorities have placed orders for 25,000 tons Of New Zealand oats, but delivery is to be completed in ten days. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe formal proclamation of the accession of King Edward VII. will the made at St. James's Palace and in the City to-day. Later. ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Governor-General (Lord Hopetoun) received a cable message this morning from the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain as follows:—" His Majesty commands me to ...
Article : 122 wordsSir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, is urging the Colonial Office to represent to the Foreign Office the unfairness of the land acquisitions now being ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. J. T. Annear, member for Maryborough, is leaving for his constituency for the purpose of giving his answer to the request to contest the seat for the ...
Article : 44 wordsThe late Queen Victoria is now reposing in the death chamber, at Osborne House. Her features are stated to be wondrously placid and beautiful, and her Majesty, as ...
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Article : 35 wordsHis Majesty King Edward will forwead a message to Parliament on Friday (to-morrow). ...
Article : 24 wordsHis Excellency the Governor has received the following telegram from the Governor-General:—" The following telegram has been received from the Secretary of States ...
Article : 86 wordsA communication of the District Grand Lodge of Queensland was held in Freemasons' Hall, Brisbane, on Friday last, the 25th instant, the attendance being very ...
Article : 165 wordsMembers of Parliament are now engaged daily in taking the oath of allegiance to the new Sovereign, tout addresses of condolence and congratulation to the King on ...
Article : 59 wordsA Reuter's message received tooday reports a disastrous fire, at Montreal, in Canada. The wholesale business quarter of the city is stated to have been burned down, the ...
Article : 56 wordsThe " Lancet," the well-known medical paper, states the her' Majesty's death was due to cerebral failure. The physicians in attendance experienced great ...
Article : 55 wordsAccording to the instructions received, it became necessary for his Excellency the Governor to select several gentlemen to be associated with him in the issue of a pro- j ...
Article : 103 wordsUpon receint of the sad news of the death of the Queen, it was considered fitting by the leaders of the Nundah Baptist and Methodist Churches that the solemn ...
Article : 227 wordsNews from China states that the Russians have now transferred the Shan-haiKwan railway, of which they recently took possession, to the Germans. ...
Article : 37 wordsThe specifications for the supply of steel rails, tenders for which Will probably be called at the end of this week, are largely framed on the specifications adopted in ...
Article : 70 wordsA congregation of 2000 persons attended the service at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday morning, and 5000 were present at evensong, which included a special ...
Article : 57 wordsLord Kelvin and Professor Boys state that they consider Commander Worcester's liquid air rain-producing scheme to be impracticable. Commander Worcester, ...
Article : 36 wordsIn the report of the meeting of the Germans and Scandinavians and Danes held in the German Hall, Woolloongabba, on Saturday for the purpose of deciding upon ...
Article : 113 wordsLarge audiences continue to be the rule at this popular place of amusement, where a really excellent variety entertainment is presented, constant change of artistes being ...
Article : 139 wordsA Commonwealth "Gazette Extraordinary" was issued this evening, notifying that Edward VII. had been proclaimod King of the United Kingdom of Great ...
Article : 193 wordsThe arrangements for the funeral of the Queen have not yet been definitely made, but It is understood that the funeral, which will be of a full military character, will ...
Article : 78 wordsReports are to hand that a French soldier has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for drawing his bayonet on an Australian who was on police duty at ...
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Advertising : 95 wordsCourt mourning for the death of the Queen has been ordered for twelve months, but half-mourning will begin on the 24th July. All officers of the army are to wear ...
Article : 100 wordsServices in memory of our late beloved Queen were held both morning and evening. They were ab[?]olute'y plain in character, consisting of special psalms and ...
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Advertising : 28 wordsA " Gazette Extraordinary" was issued to-day, proclaiming Edward VII. King, and announcing that the Government offices would be closed on Saturday, and ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 29 Jan 1901, Page 5
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